Defence ministry fits anti-tank barriers and ‘fortifications which will be supported by firepower to stop and destroy the enemy’
Lithuania has installed “dragon’s teeth” anti-tank barriers on bridges that link the country to Russia.
Its defence ministry also said “firepower” had been built around another fortified bridge over the Neman River to stop a potential Russian attack.
“Fortifications will be supported by firepower, in case it’s needed, to stop and destroy the enemy,” it said.
The Neman River forms part of Lithuania’s border with Russia’s Kaliningrad exclave. It is 580 miles long and flows from Belarus through Lithuania and then into the North Sea.
That’s pretty smart, more countries should do this.
Ounce of prevention.
Dragon’s teeth! That’s what Putin should have used to increase his declining troop numbers!
This is theater. Kaliningrad has a land border with Lithuania, but not with Russia. Invading from there would require a buildup that would be obvious and create logistics that would be insane. If Russia moves tanks to Kaliningrad, it’ll be through Lithuania.
Kaliningrad has a land border with Lithuania, but not with Russia
You do realise that Koenigsberg is, at least for now, part of Russia?
I’d start digging a moat too. Revise building codes for all buildings to require a bomb shelter and start updating city planning to have highrise sections on the Russian side as defensive structures and open fields on the Russian side of towns. Same as planning green buffers and fortification on elevated positions. And deep underground weapons storage.
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